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GEORGE H. sNOw AND GEORGE H. COE, OE NEW HAVEN, CONNEC- TICUT;

Letters Patent No. 85,704, dated Janna/m; 5, 1869.

' TOY-GUN. J

The Schedule referred to in these Letter! Fatent and making part of thelame.

To all whom it may concern: l

Be it known that we, GEORGE H. SNOW and GEORGE H. 00E, of New Haven, inthe county of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented a newImprovement in Toy-Guns; and we do hereby'declare the following, whentaken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the letters' ofreference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ofy the same, and which said drawings constitute part of thisspecification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a side View, Figure 2, a longitudinal central section, and inFigure 3, the ball detached from the barrel.

This invention is designed as a toy-gun for throwing -panying drawings.

A is a metallic tube, provided, for convenience, with a handle, B,surrounding it.-

C is an elastic or iexble hollow ball, attached to an open socket, D,the said socket D fitted so as to be slipped on tothe end of the tube A,as seen in fig. 2, or removed therefrom, as seen in iig. 3. lThiscompletes the construction.

The ball removed, as in g. 3, the article desired to be ejected isplaced inthe tube, as at F, fig. 3; then the socket of the ball set onto the tube, asin iig. 2; then, holding the tube in one hand, strike theball with a'quick b low, which willcollapse the ball, as seen in red, g.2. The air being forced against the wad F, drives it through and ejvectsit from the tube with great force.

Having fully described our invention,

What we claim as new and useful, and desire to se As an article ofmanufacture, a toy-gun, consisting of the tube A, and flexible orelastic ball or chamber O, so as to operate substantially as described.

i GEORGE H. SNOW.

GEORGE H. COE.

Witnesses:

J. H. SHUMWAY, A. J. Trerrs.

